. In theory, piracy could crowd out legitimate sales by building file sharing capacity, but could also increase sales …

U.S. intellectual property law is firmly rooted in utilitarian principles. Copyright law is viewed as a means to give … proper monetary incentives to authors for their creative effort. Many European copyright systems pursue additional goals … moral rights protection should differ across the Atlantic and whether a purely profit-based theory of copyright law is …

This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for … intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital … pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the consequences of digital piracy, using a base model and several extensions …

. Copyright law, in particular, has developed constantly to keep up with emerging technologies and the interests of creators … economics of copyright in the digital age, with a particular focus on the available empirical evidence. First, we discuss the … legal foundations of the copyright system and developments of length and scope throughout the era of digitization. Second …

are considered. Finally, a quick look at emerging new business models is taken. -- information good ; piracy ; copyright …This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for … intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital …

This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for … intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital … pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the consequences of digital piracy, using a base model and several extensions …

New Internet-based technologies appear to threaten the ability of copyright owners to collect revenues for their …, whether technologies that enhance the ability to create unauthorized copying are destructive to the principles of copyright … technologies have not had dire consequences for copyright owners. This paper, after examining a history of previous copying …